gaze

4 definitions • 9 examples

to look at something or someone for a long time, especially in surprise or admiration, or because you are thinking about something else:

gaze at Annette gazed admiringly at Warren as he spoke.

gaze out (of) He spends hours gazing out (of) the window when he should be working.

a long look, usually of a particular kind:

steady gaze She looked at him with a steady gaze.

admiring gaze She was aware of his admiring gaze as he looked across at her.

literary As I looked out, my gaze fell on a small child by the road.

the fact of looking at or considering someone or something in a particular way, or from a particular point of view:

critical gaze She is applying the rules of medical science to therapies that have too often escaped its critical gaze.

satirical gaze In this latest light-hearted book, he turns his satirical gaze on history.

female gaze One theory of feminist art is that it is about subverting the primacy of the male gaze and celebrating the female gaze.

to look at something or someone for a long time, esp. in surprise, admiration, or because you are thinking about something else:

He spends hours gazing out of the window when he should be working.